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>it's a good book

>> No.4329087

>it was an inspiring story

>> No.4329084

>I really relate to the characters

>> No.4329090

>the whole thing is written in present-tense, so it makes you feel like you're there as it happens!

>> No.4329092

>it's really short

Puke. Goddamn contemporary vidya-game ADHD culture.

>> No.4329096

>by the end all the questions get answered

>> No.4329097

>There were so many shocking plot twists

>> No.4329101

>the worldbuilding was fantastic, so many cool new races

>> No.4329103

>The author wrote in everyday language I could understand instead of trying to show off his vocabulary

>> No.4329106

>you feel like they are not just characters in a book, but real people you might meet

>> No.4329109

>There were a lot of great action sequences

>> No.4329117

>reading it reminded me of every relationship I ever had

>> No.4329121

>>4329090
One of my co-workers actually said this to me:

>I have no desire to see the Hunger Games movies, because I really doubt they could ever be as good as the books.

>> No.4329125

>I love all the pop references to the 80s

>> No.4329134

lol

>> No.4329131

I don't get what this thread's about. Just making general statements about a book you read?

>> No.4329130

>>4329121

I'm going to go ahead and say the books are probably better than the movies without having read or seen any of them. That's just usually how it goes with adaptations.

>> No.4329139

>The main character was such a badass

>> No.4329148

>This book really opened my eyes about all the injustice in the world

>> No.4329145

>It has a really inspiring message

>> No.4329151

>>4329130
Right, but to have a book vs. movie snobbery about something like Hunger Games makes no sense. It's like nit-picking about the hair colors of the kids in Twilight not being true to the novels.

It makes me wonder if there is an identifiable hierarchy of snobbery. Like, complete non-readers are looked down upon by people who read pop schlock like Twilight and 50 Shades of Gray but see the movies, who are looked down upon by people who read the books but don't watch the movies, who are looked down upon by people who read advanced literature, who are looked down upon by people who read obscure, 13th century literature written on the bottoms of milk cans.

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>>4329151

This might help explain some of it.

>> No.4329169

>I really want to cum inside the main character's tight boy-pussy

>> No.4329180

>>4329157
That doesn't explain anything.

>> No.4329181

>There was a lot of symbolism

>> No.4329199

>>4329180

How not?

"Our brains only have one sense of scale and we resize our experiences to fit it."

If all you read is YA, you're gonna be pretty stuck up about the finer points of YA.

Your hierarchy thing might be true, but it runs in both directions. People who read only YA look down on people who read literary fiction, because obviously they just "don't get it" and "only want to look smart" etc.

>> No.4329208

>>4329180

>dodged those thoughts

>> No.4329254

>>4329169
m2

>> No.4329285

>>4329151
most people find a way to feel superior about themselves no matter what.

I saw readers of harry potter getting a sarcastic smile when I told them that I don't feel the compulsion of finishing a book I started if I don't like it. They said that not finishing a book feels like they are not respecting literature.

Meanwhile I read modernist literature and was referring mostly to non-fiction and criticism of authors I like.

>> No.4329495

>It was satire at it's finest

>> No.4329635

>Completely unpretentious